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A mixture latent variable model for modeling mixed data in heterogeneous populations and its applications

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  • Leila Amiri

    (Shahid Beheshti University)

  • Mojtaba Khazaei

    (Shahid Beheshti University)

  • Mojtaba Ganjali

    (Shahid Beheshti University)

Abstract

Latent variable models are widely used for jointly modeling of mixed data including nominal, ordinal, count and continuous data. In this paper, we consider a latent variable model for jointly modeling relationships between mixed binary, count and continuous variables with some observed covariates. We assume that, given a latent variable, mixed variables of interest are independent and count and continuous variables have Poisson distribution and normal distribution, respectively. As such data may be extracted from different subpopulations, consideration of an unobserved heterogeneity has to be taken into account. A mixture distribution is considered (for the distribution of the latent variable) which accounts the heterogeneity. The generalized EM algorithm which uses the Newton–Raphson algorithm inside the EM algorithm is used to compute the maximum likelihood estimates of parameters. The standard errors of the maximum likelihood estimates are computed by using the supplemented EM algorithm. Analysis of the primary biliary cirrhosis data is presented as an application of the proposed model.

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  • Leila Amiri & Mojtaba Khazaei & Mojtaba Ganjali, 2018. "A mixture latent variable model for modeling mixed data in heterogeneous populations and its applications," AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis, Springer;German Statistical Society, vol. 102(1), pages 95-115, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:alstar:v:102:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1007_s10182-017-0294-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s10182-017-0294-3
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